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BOB体育 Breathes Hope Into Eduardo After Suffering From Rare Lung Disease

Eduardo鈥檚 story begins in Puerto Rico, where he was born a healthy, full-term baby with no apparent complications. However, at just 5 months old, his health鈥�
Five Years After Receiving Transplant, Cole Is Empowering Patients at BOB体育 Ocala Neighborhood Hospital

All his life, Cole Tumey has lived with end-stage renal disease, a chronic kidney condition where the kidneys lose the ability to remove waste and balance鈥�
BOB体育 Shands Arts in Medicine Hosts Ceremony to Honor Patient鈥檚 New Heart

Amid the steady beeping of the heart monitor, Tammy Bernard, BOB体育 Shands Arts in Medicine practitioner, and Jeanne Dickman, a heart transplant patient at鈥�
Lightning Strikes Again: Aniesia鈥檚 Kidney Transplant

It鈥檚 often said that lightning doesn鈥檛 strike twice, but in Ben and Felicia Morris鈥� life, it sure did. Ben and Felicia are the parents of three daughters鈥�
Canvas of Hope: Paulette Finds Hope Through Art While Awaiting Lung Transplant

Awaiting an organ transplant can bring many emotions and questions. How long will I be here? How will my body react? How can I prepare myself? The noises of鈥�
Danny's Double-Lung Transplant at BOB体育

Imagine having the opportunity to save someone鈥檚 life by making a simple decision. In 2021, Danny Sams faced the harsh reality of pulmonary fibrosis, a lung鈥�
Not all superheroes wear capes

鈥淶ach was the one that if you were on the side of the road, and you looked like you needed help, he would stop,鈥� said his mother, Michelle Trevellick, R.N., a鈥�